The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-06-29


and the known unreliabihty of drink
ing men, by securing sober employees in
the first place.
Right here il may be OF interest to
state the fact that young men in cities,
holding positions Of great trust, where.
in 1t would be possible for them to
steal or embezzle, are often kept un-
der strict surveillance Of evenings by
their. employers. There are in the
largest cities detectives who find this
one line of work profitable one. and
a source of continual employment II
the head of great firm, or corpora
ton, or bank. has any reason 30 doubt
the regularity of life of any subordinate
in trusted position, he can, for .
comparatively moderate fee, have him
Swallowed for a week, or q month, or
any given time. Each morning the
employer receives a written report, be-
ginning at the time the watched per-
son left his business on the previous
evening. Every place that he went,
every person to whom he spoke, every
door he entered, the length of time he
remained within, the names of all with
whom he was in company-in fact,
every minutia of his life until he
reached his bed, are carefully jotted
down for his employers edification.
One would be entirely safe in making
the assertion, if such young man
were found to have bad habits, were
accustomed to S" nd his evenings with
wild or reckless companions, or were
addicted to drinking, that some pre-
text would speedily be found for re-
moving him from his position and pro-
noting one considered more worthy Of
the trust.
And this practical Temperance SEN
timent, this carrying of the idea into
effect in favor of the total abstainer and
against the drinker, is extending year
by year. AS our population increases
the struggle for existence becomes
fiercer and fiercer. The young man
starting out in life with nothing but
his talents for his fortune finds every
avenue filled with others, like himself,
anxious to begin the battle of life; to
succeed amid this pushing, battling
throng, he must cast off all things that
impede his progress. As matters al
ready stand. there is nothing that will
more surely handicap him than the
habit of indulgence in rum. Besides
the expense of such habit-an exc
pense that young men can ill-aford,
aside from the fact that this habit pre-
cludes his ever becoming as excellent
q workman, as valuable a clerk or
employe as his sober competitor; aside
from the fact that he. shortens, by In
diligence in this habit, the number of
or physical labor, rs well as actually
shortening his entire lifc-term by at
least one-third-there is this one great
fact staring him in the face at every
turn, that employers do not desire the
services of Incorporate men, when
temperate ones, equally capable, can
be obtained. The young man who
drinks can never obtain the entire con-
fidencc of his employer-a thing which
is absolutely necessary if he desires
rapid progress along the road which
leads TO honor. wealth and fame.
The above array of facts is one which
is worthy of the careful consideration
of every young man about starting out
in life. They are none the less true
because not so widely understood and
so constantly indoctrinated as other
facts bearing upon the question of sue
cess or failure in life. The position is
often taken that it is none of the en-
ployer's business what the employe
may do when not actually engaged in
his daily avocations This is a false
bit of logic rs applied to the rum
habit, because any indulgence in drink
has it's effect upon the mental ana :
physical system, and. consequently,
affects, to a greater or less degree. the
working capacity. 1t is a well-aseer-
tanned fact that the drinking man can
not do as much work, nor do it as
well, and can not be so certainly de-
pended upon as the one who does not
drink; hence, it is a matter in which
the employer has legitimate right to
interfere. In the fierce competition of
the working world to-day, the man
who lets rum alone has the advantage.
All young men should note this fact
and be guided thereby. They owe
this duty TO themselves and to their
fellow men. Toledo Blade.
Drunkenness a Crime.